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115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1501 

To amend the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 

2006 to support maker education and makerspaces. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 29, 2017 

Mrs. GILLIBRAND (for herself and Mr. YOUNG) introduced the following bill; 

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions 

A BILL 

To amend the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 to support maker education and 

makerspaces. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘21st Century Strength5 ening Hands On Programs that Cultivate Learning Ap6 proaches for Successful Students Act’’ or the ‘‘SHOP 

7 CLASS Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

2 Section 3 of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Tech3 nical Education Act of 2006 (20 U.S.C. 2302) is amended 

4 by adding at the end the following: 

5 ‘‘(35) MAKER EDUCATION.—The term ‘maker 

6 education’ means a hands-on learning approach that 

7 encourages students to imagine, create, innovate, 

8 tinker, and collaborate through the process of manu9 facturing, testing, and demonstrating their ideas. 

10 ‘‘(36) MAKERSPACE.—The term ‘makerspace’ 

11 means a community space that provides access to 

12 tools, technology and knowledge for learners and en13 trepreneurs, which result in the prototyping or cre14 ation of physical goods, and which supports the de15 velopment of educational opportunities for personal 

16 growth, workforce training, and early stage business 

17 ventures.’’. 

18 SEC. 3. STATE LEADERSHIP ACTIVITIES. 

19 Section 124 of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Tech20 nical Education Act of 2006 (20 U.S.C. 2344) is amend21 ed— 

22 (1) in subsection (b)(3)(D)(iii), by inserting be23 fore the semicolon at the end the following: ‘‘and 

24 maker education’’; and 

25 (2) in subsection (c)— 


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1 (A) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of para2 graph (16)(B); 

3 (B) by striking the period and inserting ‘‘; 

4 and’’ at the end of paragraph (17); and 

5 (C) by adding at the end the following: 

6 ‘‘(18) support for maker education and 

7 makerspaces.’’. 

8 SEC. 4. LOCAL USES OF FUNDS. 

9 Section 135 of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Tech10 nical Education Act of 2006 (20 U.S.C. 2355) is amend11 ed— 

12 (1) in subsection (b)(5)— 

13 (A) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of sub14 paragraph (C); 

15 (B) by adding ‘‘and’’ at the end of sub16 paragraph (D); and 

17 (C) by adding at the end the following: 

18 ‘‘(E) programs designed to train teachers 

19 specifically in the effective use and application 

20 of maker education and makerspaces;’’; and 

21 (2) in subsection (c)— 

22 (A) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of para23 graph (19)(D); 

24 (B) by redesignating paragraph (20) as 

25 paragraph (21); and 


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1 (C) by inserting after paragraph (19), the 

2 following: 

3 ‘‘(20) to support maker education and 

4 makerspaces; and’’. 

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